If you think my music is sentimental and self-absorbed, I agree with you.

Quote by James Taylor

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I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character.

I am myself for a living. I don't animate a character.

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

Keep your head together and call my name out loud.

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?

October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing...

October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing...

I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on...

I'm very unstable; there's no stability in a musician's life at all. You live on...

If you feel like singing along, don't.

If you feel like singing along, don't.

Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely.

Once you get that two-way energy thing going, everyone benefits hugely.

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly...

I don't know much about God. But if everything does originate with God, then certainly...

I just can't remember who to send it to.

I just can't remember who to send it to.

It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something...

It is the most delightful thing that ever happens to me, when I hear something...

Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone.

Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone.

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought...

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought...

I was in chemical jail.

I was in chemical jail.

Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place....

Americans work a long away ahead of themselves because of the size of the place....

When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, whoa, nothing...

When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand and nothing, whoa, nothing...

You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come...

You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am I'll come...

Oh, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend.

Oh, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

I don't think anyone really says anything new.

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.

Certain things in life are more important than the usual crap that everyone strives for.